Intro:
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I wanna sing you a song about Vegas town and poor old Howard Hughes
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Locked up there in his hotel suite trying to find his shoes
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Well he’s got so much to lose…
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Old Howard Hughes and all his blues


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His Nurses and his chauffeurs they stand around and sigh
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Watch the door and wait on him whatever’s on his mind
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And that’s a hell of a lot to do…
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To guard old Howard Hughes and all his blues



Chorus:
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And if he didn’t have a nickel 
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If he didn’t have a dime
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He could do whatever he damn well please
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He could do it all the time
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But success is just a mess of overdue news (?) …
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For old Howard Hughes and all his blues


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He’s always in the papers he’s always on the news
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But no one knows whose Hughes are Who (?) Or even what’s the truth 
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or who is getting screwed…
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and it’s them and you know who and all his blues


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Way down yonder on the Vegas strip where the regular people pass
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I heard some say he’s not too well
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I heard he’s sinking fast
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But those are unofficial sources to the news…
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About poor old Howard Hughes and all his blues


Chorus:
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And if he didn’t have a nickel 
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If he didn’t have a dime
         C                      
He could do whatever he damn well please
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He could do it all the time
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But success is just a mess of overdue news (?) …
F                 C       G          C
For old Howard Hughes and all his blues


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Now a bunch folks are writtin’ books about him
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And some of them are awful long
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I didn’t really have that much time so I thought I’d just write this song
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Gotta get me in a few licks too…

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About old Howard Hughes and all his blues



Chorus:  (X2)
F
And if he didn’t have a nickel 
F
If he didn’t have a dime
         C                      
He could do whatever he damn well please
         E             Am
He could do it all the time
F                                   C
But success is just a mess of overdue news (?) …
F                 C       G          C
For old Howard Hughes and all his blues